Vaaraniemi Picks Up Big Slick at the Perfect Time
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Elias Vaaraniemi min-raised to 20,000 under the gun before Zoltan Vrancsik three-bet the small blind to 64,000. Vaaraniemi four-bet ripped it for 192,000 and Vrancsik called with the covering stack.
Elias Vaaraniemi: A♦K♥ 
Zoltan Vrancsik: A♠J♦
Vaaraniemi was ahead with big slick and was looking for a safe board to double up to over 400,000. The 4♥2♠7♥ flop kept Vaaraniemi's ace-king high in the lead. The rest of the board came 4♠9♠, and Vrancsik had to send around half of his stack over to Vaaraniemi.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
415,000
272,000
|
272,000 |
|
245,000
341,000
|
341,000 |